PROJECT ADVISORS (as of April 12, 2010)
Mark Benjamin, National Correspondent, Salon.com
Sonja Batten, PhD, Deputy Director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & TBI
Connie L. Best, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences; senior faculty member at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC), Captain, US Naval Reserve [ret];
Thomas Bornemann, PhD, Director, Mental Health, The Carter Center
Michael Jernigan, Marine veteran serving in Iraq, New York Times blogger, "The Opinionator"
Clarence Jordan, director of recovery and resiliency services of Tennessee at ValueOptions Behavioral Health Services and National Board Member, National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI]
Kelly Kennedy, an acclaimed reporter for Gannett's Times News Service specializing in health and mental health in the military, Kennedy is the author of They Fought For Each Other. She is a veteran of Desert Storm and Somalia.
Maria Llorente, MD, Chief, Psychiatry Services, Miami VA Healthcare System
Westley Moore, Board Member, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association; Iraq Veteran; Rhodes Scholar; Citigroup Global Markets
Steve Robinson, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness; former Director, Veterans for America
Thomas Simpatico, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Public Psychiatry, University of Vermont; Director, MHission Vermont, a state-wide initiative to address the needs of veterans with trauma-spectrum illnesses
Mark Benjamin, National Correspondent, Salon.com
Sonja Batten, PhD, Deputy Director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & TBI
Connie L. Best, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences; senior faculty member at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC), Captain, US Naval Reserve [ret];
Thomas Bornemann, PhD, Director, Mental Health, The Carter Center
Michael Jernigan, Marine veteran serving in Iraq, New York Times blogger, "The Opinionator"
Clarence Jordan, director of recovery and resiliency services of Tennessee at ValueOptions Behavioral Health Services and National Board Member, National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI]
Kelly Kennedy, an acclaimed reporter for Gannett's Times News Service specializing in health and mental health in the military, Kennedy is the author of They Fought For Each Other. She is a veteran of Desert Storm and Somalia.
Maria Llorente, MD, Chief, Psychiatry Services, Miami VA Healthcare System
Westley Moore, Board Member, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association; Iraq Veteran; Rhodes Scholar; Citigroup Global Markets
Steve Robinson, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness; former Director, Veterans for America
Thomas Simpatico, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Public Psychiatry, University of Vermont; Director, MHission Vermont, a state-wide initiative to address the needs of veterans with trauma-spectrum illnesses